Banana Yoshimoto
| Banana Yoshimoto | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 24, 1964 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Genre | Fiction |
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Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな Yoshimoto Banana?) (born 24 July 1964) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子 Yoshimoto Mahoko?). From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).
Yoshimoto was born in Tokyo on July 24, 1964 and grew up in a liberal family. Her father is the famous poet and critic Takaaki Yoshimoto, and her sister, Haruno Yoiko, is a well-known cartoonist in Japan.
Yoshimoto graduated from Nihon University's Art College with a major in literature. While there, she adopted the pseudonym "Banana", after her love of banana flowers, a name she recognizes as both "cute" and "purposefully androgynous."
Yoshimoto keeps her personal life guarded and reveals little about her certified rolfing practitioner husband, Hiroyoshi Tahata, or son (born in 2003). Each day she takes half an hour to write at her computer, and she says, "I tend to feel guilty because I write these stories almost for fun." She keeps an online journal for English-speaking fans.
Yoshimoto began her writing career while working as a waitress at a golf club restaurant, in 1987. She named American author Stephen King as one of her first major influences and drew inspiration from his non-horror stories. As her writing progressed, she was further influenced by Truman Capote and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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